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Shovelware is a derogatory term used for software that has either been quickly developed without regard to quality or function and features, or software that has been forced on customers such as those that are preloaded on laptops or smartphones by their respective carriers.
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As a cloud-based business services suite, Microsoft® Office 365™ provides organizations with access to web, mobile and desktop versions of traditional Office software tools, cloud storage space for enterprise file sharing, and hosted services for communication and social. By making these services available across desktop, mobile, and web platforms, Microsoft is experiencing increased adoption from both consumers and businesses while expanding the possibilities for anytime-anywhere collaboration.
Yet for all its promise, Office 365 poses a meaningful adoption and security challenges for the IT organization. Download this whitepaper to discover how VMware Workspace ONE™ brings together the power of VMware AirWatch® and VMware Identity Manager™ to accelerate and secure Office 365 deployments.

What is a digital workspace and what does it take to create one? If we break it down, the workspace is a portal for end users into all of their apps and online services that they canseamlessly and securely access across devices and locations. But what makes the workspace of today different from the desktop or mobile device of the past? And how can you move forward with delivering a digital workspace?
Download this solution brief to learn how VMware® Workspace™ ONE™is designed to deliver a digital workspace that integrates device management, application delivery, and identity management into a single platform on your terms, via your data center, in the cloud, or through a combination of the two. This workspace can be accessed by your end users across devices and locations and be centrally secured and supported to streamline management and improve the quality of services you deliver across the entire organization.

It’s no secret. Virtual work already is having a profound impact on the way employees do their jobs and deliver value. And more industries than ever imagined are jumping on the bandwagon. Read this e-book to learn more about why:
• 50 percent organizations increased spending on mobile tech and virtual work over the past three years.
• Oxford Economics expects that number to rise to 70 percent in the next three years
• It’s not too late for you to invest in secure digital workspaces that protect data and boost employee productivity

Online collaboration has allowed companies to leapfrog their competition. But how do they avoid risk? This paper explores options for high-productivity collaboration supporting security and compliance. Must reading for anyone interested in strategic IT and compliance!

Few network and IT managers look forward to migrating critical systems and solutions from one vendor to another, but it is often an essential step forward when evolving operational requirements are considered. When migration is viewed as an opportunity, the new benefits and broad range of quantifiable advantages realized can make switching vendors the optimal solution.
Read this Tech Target whitepaper to learn more and see why now is the best time to migrate from MobileIron to VMware Workspace ONE, powered by VMware AirWatch unified endpoint management (UEM) technology.

42% of consumers make the internet their first stop for healthcare information, ranking the web second to actual physicians. Following this trend, healthcare marketers have increased their investment in a variety of digital advertising channels such as native, video, mobile, content and more in order to better educate and inspire healthcare consumers.
But whatever digital channels healthcare marketers choose, the environment matters. Consumers make snap judgments about brands based on adjacency. Over two-thirds of your audience will feel less favorably towards a brand if its placed next to untrustworthy, offensive, or low-quality content. Fortunately for brands the flip side is also true, which is why it’s imperative that you guarantee ad placements that share digital space with premium content. With Oath’s reputation as a trusted publisher, healthcare brands can experience peace of mind knowing their consumers will make positive associations that will increase brand loyalty.

"Mobile and cloud deployment issues are dominating the concerns of organizations today. End-user mobility and flexibility versus IT control and visibility are the opposing requirements challenging even the most nimble of environments. Organizations are searching for several key capabilities to address this dichotomy:
• Infrastructure that is optimized for end users to drive down costs, simplify acquisition, upgrade easily, and support policy management
• Flexibility in delivering workspaces to users—on-premises, cloud, and offline—all within a unified workspace with single sign-on
• Management capabilities encompassing the entire ecosystem and providing security, compliance, and management of day-to-day end-user environments
Download this asset to learn how VMware addresses these needs more effectively than Citrix with the VMware mobile-cloud architect."

The path forward is clear: the best practices organizations have already taken the first steps to establish a stronghold with the application of Mobile Workforce Management Solutions. They are already at the vanguard of technology adoption, implementation, and usage. However, as the global services economy continues to expand, all services organizations that expect to compete successfully in their respective market space will need to embrace the state-of-the-art technologies that will allow them to survive – and thrive – in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

How can this growing acceptance of the mobile platform — across geographies, verticals, cultures and even age groups — be leveraged and extended to secure traditional digital identities in both the physical and online spaces?

Delivering apps into the mobile space isn’t an activity to be considered lightly. The wrong approach can inadvertently cost more while decreasing productivity. If you’ve ever struggled to interact with a poorly designed tablet or smartphone application, then you already know this pain.

Mobile workspaces fulfill the vision for anywhere, anytime flexibility and productivity. People are empowered to get their work done in an always-on, fully secure environment that follows them everywhere, on any device. With seamless access to all corporate resources—even on the same devices that hold their personal content—people can get their work done faster and better for optimal business impact. By achieving true enterprise mobility, the organization as a whole gains new levels of agility and performance. This paper discusses the elements to a complete mobile workspace solution.

We all love laptops, tablets, and mobile devices; but, sometimes you need a powerful desktop that still fits neatly in small, awkward, or even non-traditional spaces. Enter Tiny.
In this eBook, we dive into the diverse settings where Tiny has proven to be the better fit.
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In this paper, Frost & Sullivan has detailed leading mobile solution deployments, products in development and new product features and modifications for leading solution vendors in the mobile enterprise space. All solutions were then compared, evaluated and ranked based on parameters considered as critical in the implementation of a wireless enterprise solution.

The enterprise social software market is exploding thanks to converging trends of consumerization, cloud, and mobile. In this must-read report, "The Forrester Wave: Activities Streams, Q2 2012", Forrester Research Inc. evaluated five social software vendors with core strengths in the stream based on the overall strength of vendors' current offerings, a clear product strategy, and vendor market presence. In a detailed look at the space, Forrester named Yammer as a leader.

This Gilbane Group Beacon examines how large-­scale trends are changing enterprise collaboration and content sharing expectations. It defines Cloud Content Management, an emerging set of content management practices.

This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Box, a company playing in the public cloud advanced storage services market and the content management and collaboration market, and reviews key success factors, highlighting market information tailored to investment.